Independent Contractor - Sales Planning & Analytics Manager
Reynolds Consumer Products
- Mississauga, ON
- $100,000 per year
- Contract
- Full-time
- Position is accountable to:
- Customer POS analysis
- MAPS strategy ownership
- AOP support with marketing
- Leads MAPS development and execution
- Supports sales in the budgeting process
- Ensure appropriate sales tools & resources such as product catalogue, display menu and MAPS guidelines are in place to deliver on goals
- Support the execution of brand-specific initiatives for sales
- Price management (in market competitive intel, account compliance and price increase implementation alongside account team)
- Support the sales input into the demand forecast
- Co-lead the customer sell stores, and ensure alignment to strategies
- Co-lead the annual business planning along with marketing and finance
- Item (baseline and innovation) tracking and performance optimization
- Innovation business case lead working with sales, marketing & finance
- Manage and support display programs and forecasts with both customer teams and supply chain. Work with marketing in the development of new displays as required to meet customer requirements
- Accountable for assisting in the tracking of trade spend
- Trade (promo) planning and optimization supports to account leads
- Support customer requests and meetings and joint business planning sessions as required
- Ongoing weekly/biweekly meetings with major key account teams
- Lead the analysis of customer POS supporting sales team on recommendations
- Integrate AC Nielsen 3 channel data to analyze competitive data to provide recommendations to sales team to help support delivering yearly AOP targets
- Leverage springboard to support analysis of POS with sales team
- Intellectual Curiosity
- Problem Solving
- Entrepreneurship
- Customer Centricity
- Growth Mindset
- Continuous Improvement
- You put safety first, always
- You listen, learn, and evolve
- You are passionate about collaboration, teamwork, and achieving shared goals
- You treat all people with respect, operating ethically, and embrace inclusivity
- You are committed to improving our impact on local communities
- BA/BS degree in Marketing or related field
- 5+ years of related professional and progressive Sales experience in the CPG industry.
- Proficient in MS Office.
- Proficient in AC Nielsen, retail link, Circana & IRI
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills and the ability to communicate and influence at all levels within the organization.
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills.
- Self-directed with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple accountabilities and multiple internal customers.
- Strong analytical skills as well as organizational skills.
- Solid project management capabilities with the ability to organize and manage multiple projects simultaneously from origin through execution.
- Ability to work a flexible schedule during key business deadlines.
- Must be team oriented with the ability to work on high collaboration and performance teams.
- May be required to travel (0-25%)